Solid Waste Treatment Plant Design

08 September 2022

At the end of this course students are expected to have acquired knowledge and skills that enable:
– Using the concept and determine geocentro of waste;
– How to select sites for waste treatment facilities and landfills;
– Do demographic studies and projections of waste in landfill and methods for determining volumetric filling;
– Use charts and topographical plans, profiling work to define and design earthworks modeling of terrain and roads;
– Designing systems of environmental protection in accordance with the legislation in force, as well as drainage systems and leachate treatment and biogas
– Calculate and measure the puncture, tear and pull the geomembrane and nonwoven and geocomposites, anchor trench and slope stability and its plan quality welds
– Scaling of the structure closing the landfill and materials to apply
– Work plan and budget of the project and measurements
– Economic and financial review of the project.